Lee, Wow, I never had more than about about 50 ticks on me at one time, and they were Lone Star Ticks on Barton Creek near Austin, Texas. The second most at one time was about 20 or 30 wood ticks in the Belden Swamp of Douglas County, Wisconsin in the northwest corner about 20 years ago. Fortunately, ticks seem to be virtually nonexistent in old growth hemlock forests of north central Wisconsin and the western U.P. of Michigan - but step one hundred yards out into second growth hardwoods and bam! there they are again!
Paul On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Lee Frelich <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul: > > Except for moose ticks, which are active when its below freezing, and begin > the active phase of their life cycle in late October. We have them in > northern MN--maybe its not cold enough for them to survive in WI. A typical > moose has about 30,000 of them during the winter. I had several thousand of > them on my pants once after walking through a black spruce clone when it was > about 25 degrees. Good thing they don't bite people. > > Lee > > Paul Jost wrote: > >> That's probably an exaggeration. I usually have no more encounters with >> ticks after the leaves fall, and definitely not after the leaves fall in >> followed by the first widespread, hard freeze. >> >> Paul >> >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Sam Goodwin <[email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I was told by a veterinarian that you need 2 feet of snow on the >> ground before you don't have to worry about ticks. I am heading to >> Robinson State Park now so I will find out if its true. Sam >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Fri, January 8, 2010 9:30:54 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [ENTS] Re: Weather >> >> Will, >> >> Do you mind if ENTS moves in with you. I'm sick of winter already. >> It is snowing lightly outside now and the maximum temperature here >> at the house will likely not rise to over 25 today. Saturday night >> the temperature here at the house will likely be around 0. >> One advantage to cold weather I always thought was thinning out >> the populations of pests like ticks. But, if they're able to live >> through extremely low temperatures, what the heck good is really >> cold weather? >> >> Bob >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Will Fell" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: Friday, January 8, 2010 8:57:46 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Weather >> >> Yes it is all relative. It was 70 degrees here New Years eve and fell >> like a rock Jan 1. Jan 12nd was the first below freezing morning this >> winter and all week we woke up to temps in the 20's and highs only >> about 50. This morning is the first day since Jan 1st we haven't >> awoken to temps below 32. It was only 35 this morning, but the "warm >> spell" won't last as it is to head to the low 20's tonight. Normally >> we will get a day or two of cold weather then it will blow out to sea. >> The cold has been the lead story in all the papers the past few days >> and everyone is fussing about it. I imagine folks in New England would >> be running around in shorts in this weather, but it has us in the deep >> south shivering. >> >> But I really wonder about the ticks. Here in South GA ticks are not a >> problem like up north. You will get an occaisional tick, but not like >> some places further north where you can't go in the woods without >> spraying down. And we do not have lyme disease dispite having a heavy >> deer population. So I really wonder if ticks and Lyme disease are >> responsive to cold weather. >> >> WF >> >> On Jan 8, 7:34 am, Beth <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > Ents, >> > Wednesday night/Thursday day we here in St. Louis got between 3-6 >> > inches of snow. While this is not much the problem was the cold >> front >> > that came with it. High temps for yesterday were in the teens and >> > today and tomorrow the highs are to be in the single temps. Of >> course >> > the wind chills have been -10 and below. This is heading >> towards the >> > Northeast today. I hope that everyone there dresses warmly and in >> > layers if they have to get outside. >> > >> > I hope that this bitter cold (yes I know Lee, this isn't cold >> for you) >> > kills off some of the ticks around here. I am tired of pulling them >> > off of me along with getting Lyme. >> > >> > Beth >> >> >>
